Brianna Miller’s life isn’t going as planned. She’s
moonlighting as a cocktail waitress after getting laid off from her marketing
job, her older brother was injured in Afghanistan, and the man she’s pined for
since she was a teenager is back in her life, hotter than hell and more
tempting than ever.

Navy SEAL Matthew “Gator” Murphy has only one goal when he
returns to Pensacola, Florida for a long weekend—to welcome his best friend
home and then get the hell out of there. There’s no way he can face life with
his buddy in a wheelchair, not when he was the one who convinced him to enlist
in the first place.

When a gorgeous blonde waitress catches his eye, the last
woman he expects to see is Brianna, his best friend’s younger sister. The chemistry
between them sizzles as Matthew tries to stay away from temptation, but
sometimes a raging inferno begins with only a spark.

The SEAL Next Door, a stand-alone novel, is book five in the
new Alpha SEALs series.

Brianna muttered under her breath as she
tripped over her flippers in the shallow water and ungracefully fell over with
a splash. The school of fish scattered
in the clear, turquoise waters, and she tried to remember why she’d enjoyed
this when she was younger. Or why she’d
agreed to go snorkeling with Matthew today.
She was supposed to be celebrating her brother’s long-awaited
homecoming, spending the day with family, not out here making a fool of
herself.

She didn’t even have her phone with her in
case her parents needed to reach her or someone else contacted her from the
police station. She supposed that
Matthew had thought this would be a fun distraction from what was going on at
the moment, but her mind was on everything but the fish she was supposed to be
admiring.

Chunks of shells cut against her hands as
she struggled to push herself back up, and a strand of hair fell into her
face. Maybe flippers were good for
swimming, but they were pretty lousy for attempting to walk around in. No one else seemed to be having as much
trouble as her though.

She lost her footing again as she tried to
stand, dropping her goggles and snorkel into the water, which she’d long since
pulled from her face.

“I got you,” a deep voice said, and
suddenly Matthew’s strong hands were wrapping around her waist, lifting her
back onto her feet. He held her directly
in front of him, his chest to her back, and the feel of his fingers against her
bare flesh sent tingles rushing down her arms and warmth coiling in her
belly. She froze, not daring to move.

“Are you okay?”

“Fine,” she said stiffly, pulling his hands
from her waist and awkwardly turning to face him.

Droplets of water ran down his bronzed
skin, and she tried not to stare at his wall of muscles. At those wide shoulders, broad pecs, and
eight-pack abs. Or into those deep green
eyes.

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